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So far in 2011 China represents between 35 and 40 per cent a growth of between 5% and 7%. Most of the sales  were made in the first half of the year, but historically the first half is always strongest, with the London sales in February followed by sessions in May and June in both London and New York. Sotheby’s and Christie’s led the way for this unprecedented art boom. While Phillips de Pury had a record breaking year with sales in the hundreds of millions.

Top Grossing Fine Art Artists

Pop artist Andy Warhol tops the list of the most successful artists at auction in 2011. The list was compiled as a representation of sales figures achieved at the major auction houses, for the top 10 selling international artists in 2011. All are painters. Sculpture has not been represented in this survey. Four are American, One Britain, four French (or lived in France as their primary residence) , one German.

THE LIST

Andy Warhol
$585,288,283 USD
Pablo Picasso
$558,573,721 USD
Gerhard Richter
$166,587,189 USD
Claude Monet
$155,882,401 USD
Roy Lichtenstein
$132,774,752 USD
Henri Matisse
$130,778,869 USD
Francis Bacon
$128,852,003 USD
Amedeo Modigliani
$111,096,945 USD
Jean-Michel Basquiat
$106,321,559 USD
Mark Rothko
$105,954,786 USD

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Source: The Library of Congress website, www.loc.gov

Poet Career Outlook

Poet:  A Poet writes poetry that is rhymed or free verse. Poets are hired to interpret and represent a client’s creative needs into written prose. Often working for publishing companies and advertising agencies, Poets write poetry books, songs, advertising jingles and verses for greeting cards.

Skills Required for a Career in Poetry

Poets need an excellent understanding of language, poetic voice, style and structure. They should have a diverse writing portfolio and good presentation skills to gain clients. Writers in general often work on strict deadlines, so the ability to be creative under pressure is helpful.

Required Education for a Career in Poetry

Successful Poets use their creativity and advanced education to write poetry that is marketable. There are many 2-year, junior colleges and 4-year colleges and universities that offer liberal arts programs and degrees for writers who want to become Poets. English literature, composition, creative writing and poetic structure classes are usually included in a liberal arts degree curriculum.

Career and Economic Outlook for Poetry

The Library of Congress website, www.loc.gov, reports that the U.S. Poet Laureate, the official promoter of poetry in the United States appointed by the Librarian of Congress, is given a stipend of $35,000. Typically, however, poets are self-employed doing freelance writing projects for book and magazine publishers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), www.bls.org, states that the need for writers and authors will continue grow, partially, because of the high rate of turnover of freelance writers. The popularity of venues for spoken word poetry and online poetry blogs have become new revenue resources for Poets.

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Wikipedia was one of several websites that were shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills before Congress that critics say could amount to censorship.

Instead of the usual encyclopedia articles, visitors to Wikipedia were greeted by a message about the decision to black out its English-language Web page for an entire day.

“Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge,” a stark message in white letters on a black and gray background read.

“For over a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia.”

However, users were able to access Wikipedia on some smartphones.

The blog Boing Boing, also blacked out for the day, painted a more dire picture on its site.

SOPA: Why it matters

“Boing Boing is offline today because the U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would certainly kill us forever. The legislation … would put us in legal jeopardy if we linked to a site anywhere online that had any links to copyright infringement.”

While not blacking out its home page, search giant Google (GOOG,Fortune 500) joined the cause by covering its famous logo with a black rectangle and urging visitors “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!”

The protest is in response to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, a piece of proposed legislation that is working its way through the Congress. A Senate committee approved a similar bill in May called the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and is now pending before the full Senate.

Searches of the terms “SOPA” and “PIPA” on Wikipedia turned up articles on the subjects Wednesday, while other searches led to the blackout screen.

The controversial legislation has turned into an all-out war between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. Media companies have united in favor of it, while tech’s power players are throwing their might into opposing it.

Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns

If SOPA passes, copyright holders would be able to complain to law enforcement officials and get websites shut down. Search engines and other providers would have to block rogue sites when ordered to do so by a judge. Sites could be punished for hosting pirated content — and Internet companies are worried they could be held liable for users’ actions.

As Boing Boing wrote: “Making one link would require checking millions (even tens of millions) of pages, just to be sure that we weren’t in some way impinging on the ability of five Hollywood studios, four multinational record labels, and six global publishers to maximize their profits.”

Google warned that the impact of such legislation would be far-reaching.

“YouTube would just go dark immediately,” Google public policy director Bob Boorstin said at a conference last month. “It couldn’t function.”

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By Urban Media Journalist Ebony Harris

Top 10 African American Cinema of All Times.

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Source: AFP Relax News – Mon, Jan 16, 2012

Paris Menswear Fashion Week

Creative Director Nicola Formichetti Spring/Summer 2012 Fashion Show

Mugler creative director Nicola Formichetti will give fashion fansan insight into the process of putting on a runway show with a four-day behind-the-scenes live stream in support of Paris Menswear Fashion Week.

After Milan, the fashion community will descend on the French capital when its menswear shows kick off January 18, with labels including Louis Vuitton, John Galliano and Givenchy set to showcase their designs for Fall 2012 ready-to-wear men’s fashion.

In honor of his Mugler show, Formichetti will offer non-stop coverage of his preparations at http://www.ustream.tv/muglerlive, with broadcasting to begin 15:00 CET January 16.

As well as offering an insight into arrangements such as guest-list checks and music meetings, Formichetti will also stream post-show interviews and showrooms once the show has taken place at 18:00 on January 18.

Paris Menswear Fashion Week runs January 18 through January 22. For more details visithttp://www.modeaparis.com/fr.

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